It’s essential that we are educated on white privilege, systemic racism and the issues faced by black people and black communities.

The following books, documentaries and podcasts are useful resources in helping understand racial injustice.

Podcasts

Reni Eddo-Lodge, the author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, has just become the first black British author to top UK book charts. You can listen to her podcasts ‘About Race’ here.

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Videos

• YouTube 20 min video: Robin DiAngelo: Deconstructing White Fragility
• The danger of a single story
• MTV’s Decoded
• Social Class in the 21st Century

Articles

• Why Facts Don’t Change our Minds
• Kotter’s 8-Step Change Management Process
• We Have To Talk: A Step-By-Step Checklist for Difficult Conversations
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack 
• Explaining White Privilege To A Broke White Person
• The Scale of Economic Inequality in the UK

Books

• ‘White Fragility’ by Robin DiAngelo
• ‘Natives: Race and class in the ruins of empire’ by Akala
• ‘Inferior’ and ‘Superior’ by Angela Saini
• ‘Emergent Strategy’ by Adrienne Maree Brown

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• Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading independent race equality think tank

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